06-02-2004, 05:39 AM
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This vexes me. I am terribly vexed.
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Resurrecting this topic to continue to show just how fucked up our leaders are to maintain favorable relations with Uzbekistan.
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/05/21/uzbeki8604.htm
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Andrei Shelkavenko, 36, died while in detention at the Buston District Police Precinct in Gazalkent, near the Uzbek capital Tashkent.
“The government claims to be making progress on torture, but Shelkavenko’s death unfortunately shows otherwise,” said Rachel Denber, acting executive director of Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia Division. “The government should conduct a thorough and independent investigation into this death, allow international forensic experts to examine the body, and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.”
A Human Rights Watch representative viewed Shelkavenko’s body and confirmed the injuries. Shelkavenko had an open, bloody head wound approximately 5 centimeters long on the left side of his scalp, along with abrasion and indentation on the right side of his neck, and a long wound to the back of his neck. He also had bruises on the underside of his right arm, and abrasions on the back of his shoulders.
Shelkavenko’s scrotum was unevenly blackened and swollen, and he had a long indentation at the top of his left thigh. He had a bloody wound on his right leg and scratches on the backs of his ankles.
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